Lecture 39: OBESITY Flashcards
How does the WHO classify obesity?
By BMI
What is the formula for BMI?
weight(kg)/height(m) ^2
What is a BMI >30?
Obese
What is a BMI 25 to 30?
Overweight
What is a BMI 20 to 25?
healthy weight
What is a BMI <20?
Underweight
What increases with increasing BMI?
Risk of type 2 diabetes and CHD
What may abnormal TAG storage in muscle and liver contribute to?
Insulin resistance
How do 90% of people return to original weight?
By diet and exercise meaning that they lose fat
What is metabolic rate made up of?
Adaptive thermogenesis (smallest component), physical activity and obligatory energy expenditure (largest component)
What is adaptive thermogenesis?
Variable, regulated by the brain
What does adaptive thermogenesis respond to?
Temperature and diet
Where does adaptive thermogenesis occur?
In brown adipocyte mitochondria, skeletal muscle and other sites
What is physical activity?
Variable
What is obligatory energy expenditure required for?
Performance of cellular and organ function
What happens when respiration is uncoupled to oxidative phosphorylation?
Heat is produced rather than ATP as the ETC goes faster to try and re-establish the gradient
Where were uncoupling proteins originally found?
In brown fat
Where are uncoupling proteins present?
In the inner mitochondrial membrane
What are uncoupling proteins?
Regulated proton channels in the membrane (“holes”) which remove the proton gradient
What is an example of an uncoupling protein?
2,4 - dinitrophenol
What do uncoupling proteins do?
Uncouple ATP synthesis from fatty acid oxidation which causes the electrochemical potential gradient to dissipate releasing heat which therefore increases metabolic rate and burns excess fuels
When are proton channels open and closed?
Open in cold and closed in warm
How are UCP’s regulated?
By the sympathetic nervous system (SNS)/noradrenaline